TODAY AS FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION

What does it mean?

Our Lady asked for reparation to her Immaculate Heart
Our Lady then addressed Lucia with these words:

"Behold, my daughter, my Heart encircled with thorns, which ungrateful men pierce at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. Give me consolation, you, at least; and make known on my behalf that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all who, on the First Saturday of five consecutive months, confess their sins, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for 15 minutes meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, with the purpose of making reparation to my Immaculate Heart."

What, then, are the REQUIREMENTS to fulfill the conditions:

There are, therefore, five requirements to fulfill the conditions of Our Lady's promise to obtain for us "at the hour of death the graces necessary for salvation.” On five consecutive First Saturdays, one should do the following:

1. Go to Confession (8 days before or after the First Saturday is still valid)

2. Receive Holy Communion (in the state of grace)

3. Say five decades of the Rosary;

4. Meditate for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary with the goal of keeping her company;

5. All the conditions above should be fulfilled with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

On the occasion of the visit of the Christ Child to Sr. Lucia (February 16, 1926), she asked:"My Jesus, what about those who forget to make the intention?" He answered: "They can do so at their next confession, taking advantage of their first opportunity to go to Confession."